Lead Paint Risk in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

79.6%Pre-1978 Housing

53,575Pre-1978 Units

67,292Total Housing Units

42Census Tracts

How to Interpret This

This is an area-level screening signal based on Census housing-age data. It does not confirm lead paint in any specific home. Homes built before 1978 may contain lead-based paint, and certified inspection or testing is the only way to confirm a property-level hazard.

Reporter / Resident Story Kit

53,575 housing units in Schuylkill County were built before 1978.
The county's pre-1978 housing share is 79.6%, compared with the state rate of 67.8%.
Local questions: Which neighborhoods have the oldest housing stock? Are lead-safe renovation resources available? Do renters and families with young children know how to request testing?

Highest-Risk Census Tracts

Individual census tracts ranked by pre-1978 housing percentage. Showing the top 42 of 42 tracts; download the full county tract CSV.

Tract	Pre-1978	Total	Risk Rate	1970s	1960s	1950s	1940s	≤1939
Census Tract 19.01	593	611	97.1%	0	7	10	67	509
Census Tract 5	2,100	2,171	96.7%	119	80	139	73	1,689
Census Tract 18	989	1,025	96.5%	167	30	74	37	681
Census Tract 10	1,514	1,588	95.3%	100	19	97	147	1,151
Census Tract 28	1,065	1,118	95.3%	34	86	71	256	618
Census Tract 15	2,089	2,214	94.4%	277	268	123	86	1,335
Census Tract 26	1,859	1,977	94.0%	60	85	123	88	1,503
Census Tract 6.02	628	670	93.7%	7	33	34	32	522
Census Tract 6.01	1,702	1,819	93.6%	32	0	107	98	1,465
Census Tract 27	1,260	1,353	93.1%	122	65	118	192	763
Census Tract 19.02	1,720	1,853	92.8%	155	133	266	135	1,031
Census Tract 23	1,527	1,651	92.5%	52	86	112	93	1,184
Census Tract 2	1,213	1,319	92.0%	92	107	85	265	664
Census Tract 7	1,579	1,723	91.6%	243	101	224	127	884
Census Tract 13	1,231	1,350	91.2%	110	52	80	131	858
Census Tract 21	643	710	90.6%	50	73	61	35	424
Census Tract 22	1,156	1,280	90.3%	85	78	155	97	741
Census Tract 38	932	1,037	89.9%	79	65	71	93	624
Census Tract 33	2,456	2,803	87.6%	220	217	517	130	1,372
Census Tract 8	1,528	1,755	87.1%	110	147	138	94	1,039
Census Tract 24	1,015	1,169	86.8%	92	100	37	64	722
Census Tract 17	1,418	1,649	86.0%	196	145	394	73	610
Census Tract 3	2,067	2,418	85.5%	753	124	173	168	849
Census Tract 20	1,411	1,653	85.4%	120	26	254	111	900
Census Tract 37	1,429	1,675	85.3%	170	161	144	100	854
Census Tract 9.01	1,471	1,756	83.8%	210	184	87	192	798
Census Tract 25	778	963	80.8%	120	72	72	65	449
Census Tract 12	1,580	1,974	80.0%	241	335	191	161	652
Census Tract 14	824	1,038	79.4%	40	20	71	78	615
Census Tract 9.02	816	1,088	75.0%	98	3	49	22	644
Census Tract 4	826	1,170	70.6%	174	31	81	74	466
Census Tract 32	1,532	2,177	70.4%	229	317	217	94	675
Census Tract 31	733	1,095	66.9%	71	86	95	64	417
Census Tract 11	668	1,062	62.9%	126	55	38	49	400
Census Tract 16	1,141	1,849	61.7%	285	152	135	68	501
Census Tract 1	1,556	2,531	61.5%	214	156	94	115	977
Census Tract 36	751	1,232	61.0%	195	85	156	76	239
Census Tract 30	1,558	2,575	60.5%	440	301	84	33	700
Census Tract 39	1,164	1,927	60.4%	446	110	130	97	381
Census Tract 34	822	1,582	52.0%	320	60	59	73	310
Census Tract 35	1,008	2,079	48.5%	388	194	94	33	299
Census Tract 29	1,223	2,603	47.0%	350	76	266	21	510